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“Maniac Magee was blind. Sort of.
"Oh, he could see objects, all right. He could see a flying football or a John McNab fastball better than anybody...
"When you think about it, it's amazing all the stuff he didn't see.
"Such as, big kids don't like little kids showing them up...
"Or a kid who's another color.
"Mania kept trying, but he still couldn't see it, this color business. He didn't figure he was white any more than the East Enders were black. He looked himself over pretty hard and came up with at least seven different shades and colors right on his own skin, not one of them being what he would call white...
"Which was all a big relief to Maniac, finding out he wasn't really white, because the way he figured, white was about the most boring color of all."
- Jerry Spinelli, Maniac Magee”
― Jerry Spinelli, Maniac Magee

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“Being nonracist will not change our current situation of racism. It may make you feel like you're a good person. But it, once again, reinforces racism. There is no action in being non-racist. You may be conscious of not saying racist statements and you yourself may feel like you are making a difference by sharing a quote from an African poet on social media. The reality is: inaction will do nothing other than maintain the old normal. Action, being anti-racist, will make change.”
― Tiffany Jewell, This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work

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